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Through his re-creation of ground-breaking experiments by famous scientists, Sacks experienced first-hand the joy of scientific discovery. Through the author??s lucid prose, the reader also experiences the individual sparkles of a young excited mind...
When Shakespeare goes awry, the audience can find redemption in the language. Even bad Shakespeare retains value due to the stirring beauty and evocative imagery of the poetry. Such is not the case with bad Mamet. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author??s language is all about its peculiar, febrile rhythms. A production which fails to capture those rhythms, therefore, falls flat, losing not only the enjoyment of the dialogue, but all of the richness contained therein. Such is the case in the recent production of Oleanna at the Loeb Experimental Theater...
Life experiences undoubtedly contribute to any author??s work, however, few writers would admit it as readily as Atwood. During her address and in the interview, Atwood liberally provided her listeners with autobiographical anectdotes that have appeared, only slightly disguised, in her fiction. In fact, Harvard provided the setting for her critically acclaimed 1986 novel, The Handmaid’s Tale...
...life activists are convinced that abortion is murder and thus act to prevent abortion. Their activism is equally as noble as those who oppose the death penalty. The author??s personal disagreements with other people’s convictions does not entitle her to label that person an “extremist.” Perhaps after four years at Harvard she will realize that...
...writing theses which are ostensibly more personal than those of the authors interviewed last week. The stories are set in a suburban town; the novel’s characters are like the author or people she knows. Do these similarities represent shameless and tiresome exploitations of the author??s experience, or are they simply a means to help the author create a new world that has never been seen before...